Alicia Vikander is Toned, Tanned and Totally Convincing in ‘Tomb Raider’…. But is She Enough to Save It?
I am a big fan of Tomb Raider, specifically the 2013 video game that rebooted the icon, from which the 2018 movie borrows some of its...
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‘The Square’ Review: Modern Art Can Change Your Life. Includes Q&A With Director Ruben Ostlund
Mild mannered museum curator Cristian (Claes Bang) is overseeing the installation of a new exhibit entitled “The Square”. The Square is a rectangle of light...
‘You Were Never Really Here’ is Another Momentous Work from Lynne Ramsay – Shocking and Beguiling
The plot for You Were Never Really Here would work well as a Jason Statham movie. Joe is a fixer, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who...
‘Red Sparrow’ Review: Sex, Violence and The Seedier Side of Espionage
Jennifer Lawrence and director Francis Lawrence reunite for an espionage thriller. Jennifer Lawrence plays Dominika Egorova, a young woman who loves her ailing mother, fears...
Why ‘Three Billboards’ Deserves to be Best Picture Despite the Backlash
This is a piece I’ve been meaning to write ever since I was dumbfounded to see CNN’s Jake Tapper shutting an interview down with Trump’s...
South African Horror ‘Lullaby’ Has Some Intriguing Ideas, But Does It Bring the Scares?
Chloe is a young single mother who struggles to care for her baby under the watchful and oppressive eye of her mother and her mother’s...
‘Entanglement’ Review: A Surreal and Sweet Indie Comedy
Following a tough break up, Ben (Thomas Middleditch) decides to commit suicide. He makes several unsuccessful attempts to kill himself, ultimately being saved by luck....
Paco Plaza’s ‘Veronica’ is an Entertaining Supernatural Fright-fest
During a solar eclipse, three teenage girls conduct a séance with a Ouija board. The séance goes wrong and the girls run away scared. One...
‘The Mercy’ Review: Madness on the High Seas
The tragic story of Donald Crowhurst offers the dark other side to the underdog spirit. James Marsh’s film The Mercy recounts the tragic voyage of...
‘Lady Bird’ Review: Teen Angst and Snappy Comebacks. But Does Greta Gerwig’s Film Deserve the Oscar?
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is about a 17 year old girl (Saoirse Ronan) who has given herself the name Lady Bird. Nearing the end of...